Diabetes

Crownsville student honored for pancreatic cancer test

2012-05-18 12:15:00

Fifteen-year-old Jack Andraka of Crownsville won the top prize at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for designing a new moth to detect pancreatic cancer, Intel announced Friday. The fair, held in Pittsburgh, is the world’s...

Report: Clinical trials of new medications help create jobs in Maryland

2012-05-18 15:53:17

Maryland has hosted 1,775 clinical trials for new medicines targeting six major chronic diseases since 1999, including 369 that are still in the early stages of recruiting patients, according to a study by two pharmaceutical industry groups released...

Columbia firm is world's first to market with stem cell drug

2012-05-18 08:23:00

A Columbia-based biotechnology company said this week it received the world’s first government approval to market a stem cell drug, in Canada. Osiris Therapeutics, founded in 1992, spent 17 years developing a stem cell therapy that offers anti-...

Joanna Catalano is finalist for prestigious Syed R. Ali-Zaidi Award for Academic Excellence

2012-05-16 11:41:00

Clarion University senior Joanna Catalano, of Joppa, was selected as a finalist for the 2012 Syed R. Ali-Zaidi Award for Academic Excellence, open to all students of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Catalano received a certificate of...

Senior briefs

2012-05-18 00:00:00

Support groups The Department of Aging and Disabilities has updated a booklet on community support groups. The booklet focuses on groups for caregiving, Alzheimer's disease, bereavement for adults and children, diabetes, brain injury, cancer, stroke,...

Anne Arundel County health briefs

2012-05-18 00:00:00

Weight management The University of Maryland Center for Weight Management and Wellness offers a free weight-loss seminar at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 23. Registration required: 410-328-8940. Information: http://www.umm.edu/weightloss. Menopause...

Death from marathon running low

2012-05-15 09:20:00

The stories of marathon runners collapsing and dying at the finish line are enough to scare anybody thinking of participating in one of the 26.2 mile races popular around this time of year. But a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers has found the...

Unhealthful foods kill more Americans every year than tobacco

2012-05-13 05:00:00

Letter writer Gilbert Ross implies that there is no comparison between eating pizza and smoking ("Eating a slice a pizza is not the same as smoking a cigarette," May 10). As a physician, I disagree. Both tobacco and processed meats increase risk for...

The medical establishment is ill-suited to deal with America's obesity epidemic

2012-05-10 11:15:00

You did a write up on HBO's documentary "The Weight of the Nation" in which you called our obesity epidemic a wake up call for America ("Salad bars take root," May 1). Nothing new here. The alarm bells have been sounding for a while now. I am an...

Obesity epidemic's cure: Less meat, more veggies

2012-05-11 05:15:00

The number of Americans considered obese is expected to rise from the current 34 percent to 42 percent by the year 2030, according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine and discussed at Monday's "Weight of the Nation"...

For kids, a healthier way to snack

2012-05-14 08:32:00

Growing up in Texas, I played softball — fast pitch. After playing in the hot Texas sun, our team, the Sweetpeas, had a snack of oranges and water, in containers brought from home. Today, my husband and I are new Howard County residents, and we...

Mercy to open $41.5 million childbirth and children's center

2012-05-15 04:00:00

Mothers who deliver their babies at Mercy Medical Center will soon do so with an expansive view of the Baltimore skyline. That is one of the features of the hospital's new Family Childbirth and Children's Center that will open in June. The $41.5 million...

2012 Fund A Cure Junior Ambassador Marshall Barnes, who has lived with diabetes for 12 years, with his parents, Eleanor and Jack.

2012-05-21 00:00:00

Annette Coleman, left, and Rod Coleman at the "American Fine Wine Competition," which celebrated its fifth anniversary with a gala dinner at the Boca Raton Resort & Club and featured Chef Emeril Lagasse.

2012-05-15 09:04:00

Jay Cutler visits Perspectives Charter School on the South Side to promote diabetes awareness Monday.

2012-05-14 15:16:00